Fuzzy continuous classification and spatial interpolation in conventional soil survey for soil mapping of the lower Piave plain

Geoderma

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Bragato, Gilberto ^a  

^a Ist Sperim Nutrizione delle Piante   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augering data; Compositional kriging; Continuous soil map; Fuzzy clustering; Fuzzy sets; Soil survey

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MAPPING METHOD; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA; VENICE;

EID: 0346401597     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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